This Tutorial will show you How to install PTF and CTF themes on your PSP.

What are PTF and CTF Themes?

PTF themes are the basic themes you can install on your PSP. They are officially allowed by Sony and can be installed simply by copying them to the THEME folder on your PSP.

CTF Themes are customized themes which work only on modded PSPs with CFW installed. You need to install the CXMB plugin in order to use CTF themes. CTF Themes are generally much better than PTF themes.

Install PTF Themes on PSP

– Open your PSP drive (Suppose X:\) in My Computer, and goto the X:\PSP\THEME folder. If it isn’t there already, create a new folder and rename it to THEME. The absolute path of the folder should be X:\PSP\THEME. Copy the .PTF theme file to X:\PSP\THEME (X:\PSP\THEME\themename.PTF).
– Disconnect your PSP from the PC and goto Settings > Theme Settings. Select your Custom Theme and apply it.

Install CTF Themes on PSP

– Installing CTF themes is a bit more complicated than installing PTF themes. You will first need to install the CXMB plugin for your CFW version on your PSP. Check out the How To Install Plugins on PSP guide for more details.

– To install the CXMB plugin, first download the CXMB plugin for your CFW version. You can Google it up or try http://dl.qj.net. After downloading it, just extract it and locate the FULL and LITE folders. From the FULL folder, copy the cxmb folder to the Root of your PSP such that its absolute path is X:\cxmb

– Goto the X:\seplugins folder and edit VSH.txt to include this line at the end:ms0:/cxmb/cxmb.prx. Now restart the PSP and boot into recovery mode and enable the CXMB plugin. For more details on how to install and enable plugins, check out the How To Install Plugins on PSP tutorial.

– Now to install CTF themes, just download CTF themes and copy the .CTF file to X:\PSP\THEME (X:\PSP\THEME\themename.CTF) just like a normal PTF theme.